Emmaus High School senior Brooke Cichocki and Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts senior Brandon "Tory" Figueroa have performed music with marching bands in stadiums full of people. But an audience of 53 million expected to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a whole different ballgame. Cichocki and Figueroa were selected out of hundreds of applicants to play in Macy's Great American Marching Band in the 88th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. Televised on NBC, the parade attracts about 50 million TV viewers and another 3.5 million who see it live. "It was like a dream come true," Figueroa said. "I told everyone in my family, social...

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